Category: clean air
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Letter to Political parties ahead of Scottish elections
On 19th July, we held a public to discuss joint asks to political parties, which are now writing their manifestos for the 2026 Scottish elections. Below is a the text of the letter we have sent to Scottish Labour, Scottish Greens, Scottish Liberal Democrats and Scottish Conservatives and Unionists. We are writing to share with…
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Video | Education – learning from Covid
This is the video of the public meeting that we held on 29 March 2025. You might like to check out our YouTube channel which has a host of really useful videos from past meetings and talks.
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Education: Learning from Covid
Covid Action Scotland invites you to round-table followed by discussion Saturday, 29th March 2025, 2-4pm Please register before the event to join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/6CIB2P7zTRq-MooCP0nxwQ Background: At present, there are no mitigations against airborne infections, including Covid-19, in schools and colleges across Scotland. Viral infections are rampant, harming school staff, pupils and students, as well…
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Petition – Protect people from airborne infections
New petition on the Scottish Government website – Take action to protect people from airborne infections in health and social care settings. Read more about the petition here and sign it here.
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Protection from airborne infections in health AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS
This Wednesday 17 April, the Scottish petition – the first of the three UK nations’ petitions on the topic of protection from airborne infections in health & social care settings, will be considered. It will be interesting to see how it goes. You can watch it live or afterwards on Scottish Parliament TV . It’s…
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Public meeting: Safe healthcare for all!
Across Scotland, the last mitigations against Covid-19 and other airborne infections have been removed this year from health and social care. This is exposes all staff and patients – even those most vulnerable, such as transplant patients and patients undergoing chemotherapy – to constant risk of an infection. No infections disease kills and disables as…
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Public meeting: COVID – prevention is possible
2-3.30 pm, Saturday, 11th March, on Zoom Register here beforehand Since summer 2021, there has hardly been a week when the number of Covid-19 infections across the UK dropped below 1 million. With new variants spreading all the time, people are getting infected again and again, and the number of people suffering from Long Covid…
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NEW INEQUALITY, NEW EXCLUSION: IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY
Disability equality and inclusion expert and activist, and Zero Covid Scotland member Sally Witcher explains the lack of sense in the Scottish approach to Covid and its’ related harms whilst also touching on what an inclusive safe alternative should look like.
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How to make communal spaces safer from infection – and why it matters
Zero Covid Scotland held a public meeting on 5th November looking at how the risks of infection can be reduced in communal spaces. As initiatives to open warm hubs multiply in response to the impact of the cost of living crisis this is a crucial issue. There is a real challenge to get Covid Safety…
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